Ooh la la! Vintage hairstylist Miss Betty shares her style secrets
Miss Betty is a one woman glamour machine. Able to unlock the elusive beauty secrets of decades long passed with a graceful flick of her comb and some ingenious curl-magic, this is one hairstylist who lives and breathes elegant vintage style.
Originally opening a beauty parlour in France, Miss Betty now co-owns the brilliant It’s Something Hell’s shop near London’s Carnaby Street, with fellow countryman Mister Ducktail.
Using their years of vintage expertise to create a phenomenal style explosion, Mister Ducktail specialises in Bad Boy styles with his signature Switchblade Hairkut, while the lovely Miss Betty does vintage coiffures iconic-style.
And it’s the delightful Miss Betty who puts down her rollers and setting lotions, to have a chat with Tara Gardner, and share a few style secrets…
QoV: Why vintage hair and beauty?
Miss Betty: When I was 17 I opened my eyes and saw the glamour of vintage style. I was already beginning to be interested in burlesque style, but suddenly I realised that the Fifties rock and roll scene had so much elegance and life to it – so much intrigue and beauty.
Having been training in hair and beauty since 16, I very quickly realised that it was so important for me to learn the retro and vintage hairstyles alongside the modern ones. And to keep these hairstyles alive!
I began by trying to recreate on myself and my friends the styles of the incredible iconic pin-ups of the vintage eras. Before long it was pretty clear to me that these were the only hairstyles I wanted to wear or create.
One of my favourite hairstyling memories was 12 years ago when I styled all my friends in a chalet at the famous Hemsby Rock ‘N’ Roll weekender.
And the reason I’ve never turned my back on vintage style since? Because for me women never celebrated their natural femininity or elegance as much as they did in the vintage eras.
Who are Miss Betty’s style icons? And what is her number one style secret? Find out over the page…
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I am shooting a short film the first week of June in central Kansas. I need someone who can do hairstyles from the 30’s and 40’s. The film is historic fiction set in 1945. It’s low budget but I can certainly pay you for your time and supplies as well as offer lodging and meals and help with travel if you are coming from not too far away. It’s very hard to find a vintage hair stylist. I don’t trust beauty schools, they don’t seem to really know what I am talking about. Unless someone can send me some kind of portfolio of hair designs they have done, I have nothing to go on. Please let me know if this might interest you or someone you know. More info about the film can be found on my website: horseoutofthegate.webs.com
Check out this girl who gets her hair done by Miss Betty – http://www.projectimage.co.uk – awesome, huh? xxx
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I love to do 50′s hair i live in a small town so every one looks at me funny when im in town w/ the hair styles but my coworkers love it cuz thay do hair to. iv been doing hair for 5 years, i would like to do it more but people in my town just dont ask for hair styles like this. just wondering how u got stated.
Felicia Cardenas
Seguin TX